Mech ethnic group

E644042

The Mech ethnic group is an indigenous community of the Indian subcontinent, primarily associated with the Bodo-Kachari peoples of northeastern India and parts of Bangladesh, with distinct linguistic and cultural traditions.

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Mech ethnic group canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Asia
country Bangladesh
India
culturalPractice folk dance
folk music
oral traditions
culturalTrait distinct cultural traditions
distinct linguistic traditions
ethnicClassification Bodo-Kachari peoples
linked to: Kachari people
ethnographicRegion Indian subcontinent
ethnoLinguisticGroup Bodo-Mech group
hasAutonym Mech
hasExonym Bodo-Mech
historicalAssociation Brahmaputra Valley
Terai and Dooars regions
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
region Assam
North Bengal
Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India

Northern Bangladesh
linked to: northern Bangladesh
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people
Dimasa people
Kachari people
Koch people
Rabha people
religion Hinduism
indigenous animist beliefs
socialClassification Scheduled Tribe in parts of India
traditionalLanguage Bodo language
linked to: Bodo

Mech language
traditionalOccupation agriculture
shifting cultivation

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Mech (historical name) notToBeConfusedWith Mech ethnic group